A lot of comments are trying to defend this by saying a properly designed light could last some amount longer, which is true, but misses the point. These designs couple the light and the fan. That’s an extra failure mode that doesn’t need to exist.

It also prevents the user from changing the bulb if they want a different color temperature or better CRI. Most of the built-in lights I see are in the 3000-3500K range, which is cooler the warm white I’ve chosen for the house. If I could swap the bulb it would be an easy fix, but if it’s built in then I’m stuck with it.

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BoxOfRain 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah anything which forces you to use whatever the manufacturer chooses is an instant no from me too. I don't have any fixed lights cooler than 2200 K at home, the standard 3000 K 'warm' white is going to look crappy the majority of the time.

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someonebaggy a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does the design actually stop you from replacing the parts or is it just more difficult than plugging in a power plug?

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uxp100 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Many of them are switchable color temperature. At least from what I’ve seen.

	▲	Aurornis a day ago \| parent [-]
		Those are generally bad quality because they’ve split the LED budget across twice as many modules. A high CRI single color temperature bulb beats them in light quality. Most people aren’t going to notice, but if you’ve done any work with color, lighting, or photography then the average consumer LED lights feel terrible. They’re mostly blue light with a little bit of other colors to make them appear white to the eye.